The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-10-08
or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A three hundred and fifty dollar
bridal dinner drsss for an actress has
been completed In Now York City.
--Itis 30 hard Ia New Mexico 10 induce
citizens 70 accept the Office Of justice
of the peace that II law has been passed
disfranchising for two years any citi-
zen who is elected justice Of the peace
aud fails TO qualify and act.
There Is a dog not far from Lees
burg, Fla. that is very fond Of hams
| (sugar-cured), but will take smoked
rather than go without. Last week he
succeeded in purloining three. the
largest weighing fourteen pounds.
A Northern visitor at New Smyrna,
Fla, writes that he recently saw n
snake so wound in n spider-web
that it was pOwerless. while several
spiders were busy bleeding it to death.
The snake measured four feet in length.
AT Oakland. Cat. one day last
week. lad while fishing al one Of the
wharvcs managed to get his hook fast
in the mouth Of "A drowned man at the
bottom Of the bay, and instead Of
supposed mammoth fish pulled the hide
Gus catch to the surface.
The ncighbors Of Boston family,
who recently went out OF the city on II
vacation, saw cat in the window and
heard IL new 50 pitifully that they
notified the Humane Society. An
agent at once broke into the house and
rescued the animal from starvation. 1t
was only Il plaster of Paris cat. how
ever
Abe Simon, of Tallahassee, has two
curiosities-one agricultural and the
other mechanical. The former is IA
pumpkin that weighs l04 pounds.
grown in this country, and the second
is mechanical monkey that plays
violin and furnishes excellent music.
II was manufactured in Europe and
given 10 Mr.. Simon.
A shorthOrn bull and valuable
stallion got into IA quarrel at Wellsville,
q. The stallion which was a Clydcs-
dale and beautiful animal, displayed
considerable pluck and for Il few min
utcs the struggle was simply terrible,
the earth being torn up for yards by
the huge animals. All efforts TO scpa-
rate the brutcs were futile and the bat
tie continued undated for ten minutes,
when the bull gorcd his adversary in a
vital spot, killing him instantly.
"A Georgetown couple were play.
fully cutting up the other evening.
The gentleman made II threatening
gesture toward hi, wife, when his four
ycar-old hopeful sprcadcaglcd out into
the middle Of the floor, shouting, Get
behind me, mamma; get behind mel"
-Washington Critic.
-Minks-"Beats all what people
these women are about business. l
gave my wife IS this morning TO go
shopping, and all she had TO show for
it at noon was couple of pairs of
stockings" Jinks-"Yes, that's the
way it goes. I've been there. BY the
way, these are mighty good cigars.
Minks." Minks-"They ought to be;
cost mo Sl2 hundred. ~ Omaha
H'orid.
A maiden Of somc ten years. living
on franklin street. hc'pcd herself to the
last orange on the plate ut luncheon
yesterday. "Why. my dear, that is sell
fish, remarked her mother. "you
| should have waited To see if mamma
didn't want it," "Wcll, that would be
letting YOU be selfish. wouldn't it?"
was the answer, ''and, you see, you're
older than am and will die first, and
would have to explain to heaven why
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